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Principal Contracts and Agreements (Nags) (Teucrium Natural Gas Fund [Member])
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Teucrium Natural Gas Fund [Member]
 
Principal Contracts and Agreements

Note 2 – Principal Contracts and Agreements

In its capacity as the Custodian for the Fund, the Custodian, currently the Bank of New York Mellon, holds for the Fund its Treasury Securities, cash and/or cash equivalents pursuant to a custodial agreement. The Custodian is also the registrar and transfer agent for the Fund's Shares. In addition, the Custodian also serves as Administrator for the Fund, performing certain administrative and accounting services and preparing certain SEC and CFTC reports on behalf of the Fund. For these services, the Custodian receives: for custody services: 0.0075% of average gross assets up to $1 billion, and 0.0050% of average gross assets over $1 billion, annually, plus certain per-transaction charges; for transfer agency services: 0.0075% of average gross assets annually; and for administrative services: 0.05% of average gross assets up to $1 billion, 0.04% of average gross assets between $1 billion and $3 billion, and 0.03% of average gross assets over $3 billion, annually. A combined minimum annual fee of up to $125,000 for custody, transfer agency and administrative services per Fund can be assessed.

The Sponsor and the Trust employ Foreside Fund Services, LLC as the Distributor for the Funds. The Distributor receives, for its services as distributor for the Funds. The Distribution Services Agreement among the Distributor, the Sponsor and the Trust calls for the Distributor to work with the Custodian in connection with the receipt and processing of orders for Creation Baskets and Redemption Baskets and the review and approval of all Fund sales literature and advertising materials. The Distributor and the Sponsor have also entered into a Securities Activities and Service Agreement (the “SASA”) under which certain employees and officers of the Sponsor are licensed as registered representatives or registered principals of the Distributor, under FINRA rules. For its services as the Distributor, Foreside receives a fee of 0.01% of the Fund's average daily net assets and an aggregate annual fee of $100,000 for all Teucrium Funds, along with certain expense reimbursements. For its services under the SASA, Foreside receives a fee of $5,000 per registered representative and $1,000 per registered location.

Currently, Newedge USA, LLC (“Newedge USA”) serves as the Fund's clearing broker to execute and clear the Fund's futures and provide other brokerage-related services. Newedge USA is a futures commission merchant and broker dealer registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and is a member of FINRA. Newedge USA is a clearing member of all principal futures exchanges located in the United States as well as a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Options Clearing Corporation, and Government Securities Clearing Corporation. For Natural Gas Futures Contracts Newedge is paid $6.00 per round turn.

The sole Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation.  The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Trust in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. For its services, the Trustee receives an annual fee of $3,300 from the Trust.